# Crypto is the only sustainability model for pure open source

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2023-10-26
- **Theme:** Open-Source AI — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/open-source-ai/
- **Source:** How Akash Network is Democratizing Access to Cloud GPUs \| Greg Osuri (0xResearch)
- **Watch at:** 00:44:46 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRA0yN28Dw8&t=2686s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/open-source-ai/2023-10-26-crypto-is-the-only-sustainability-model-for-pure-o-4mu2/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Crypto is the only sustainability model for pure open source," How Akash Network is Democratizing Access to Cloud GPUs \| Greg Osuri (0xResearch), 26 Oct 2023, 00:44:46. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRA0yN28Dw8&t=2686s

## Quote — verbatim

> If you want to create \[something\] hyper-scalable, that has network effects, that's purely open source — decentralization is the only way. I can challenge anybody to challenge my assumption... Crypto adds a network aspect to open source that never existed before... Open source can go farther where closed source can go faster, but not as far as open source can.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Why build on a blockchain at all; cites Linux vs. Windows, AOL vs. the web, Akash's 250 contributors, and DoD experimenting with Akash because it can audit open source ([00:46:11](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRA0yN28Dw8&t=2771s)).